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pay a visit

Idioms  
  1. see pay a call.


Example Sentences

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But if you must know—and for you to know what Edward Ashton is up to, when Penelope and the Incorrigibles do not, is a case of dramatic irony if ever there was one—you may follow Agatha Swanburne’s advice and simply see for yourself, for by now the master of disguise has spent a few days recuperating in the Egyptian room, and is much recovered; in fact, he is well enough to pay a visit to the nursery at Ashton Place.

From Literature

Although he was not particularly impressed with the old objects, he took them home, where they remained unnoticed for months until Choi’s schoolteacher brother came to pay a visit.

From Literature

We’re told we must pay a visit to The Old Man, a Hemingway-themed bar a few blocks away.

From Salon

Every time Pope Francis came back to Rome after a trip abroad, he made sure to pay a visit to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore.

From BBC

Farcical havoc ensues when Jean-Michel requests Georges and Albin play it straight when his future in-laws pay a visit.

From Los Angeles Times